By Aimee Scotton When I am worried and I can’t sleep, I count my blessings instead of sheep. And I fall asleep counting my blessings. Since we’ve reached the start of a new year, I thought this might be a good time to look back and list the things, as a county attorney, that I […]
By Joseph S. Murray IV As flu season begins, so begin the arguments over accommodations for hospital employees whose religious (or sincerely held nontheistic) beliefs prohibit them from taking the flu vaccine. Two recent court decisions should help medical providers and employees better understand the Title VII requirements for religious accommodations and its definition of […]
If you deal with matters related to power of attorney in North Carolina, you’ve probably heard the rules changed on Jan. 1. Your next best chance to get up to speed on these changes comes on Wednesday, Jan. 10, with a video replay of the North Carolina Uniform Power of Attorney Act CLE at the […]
By Tim Lendino Recently I asked a few Business Court law clerks the following question: What are some practice pointers that you would give to attorneys appearing before the Court? Although I clerked at the Business Court and should presumably have some insight into my own question, it’s been a while since I clerked so […]
By Debbie Harris It’s hard to believe that Christmas is almost upon us – I have found that it’s true that the older you get, the faster time flies by! We all need to stop, take a deep breath, enjoy all of the blessings we have, and remember the reason for the season! With that […]
On Tuesday, a panel of the Court of Appeals issued a unanimous decision in a Public Records Act case on a point not previously addressed: “We therefore hold that, in order to confer jurisdiction upon the trial court in a Public Records Act suit, the plaintiff must initiate mediation within 30 days of the filing of the responsive […]
By Patrick Togni To many readers of this page, December thoughts regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) might commonly arise in the context of preparing annual NAFTA certificates of origin. Origin documentation and other aspects of NAFTA compliance have become commonplace as the realities of a North American trading region have taken root […]
Government and public sector attorneys may not have thought the FCC’s net neutrality repeal had direct impact on their work. This article, on the newsletter Route Fifty, however, provides information on a little-publicized feature of the FCC’s net neutrality repeal. The net neutrality repeal apparently also sets out an FCC policy of broadly expanding preemption […]
By David Furr Protection of key manufacturing and critical infrastructure systems must be provided the same priority as other sectors of our economy if we are to protect basic operations and competitive superiority to which we have become accustomed.[1] Basic industrial and manufacturing operations that have long relied on commercial off-the-shelf products are sitting targets […]
Editor’s Note: The below article is the last in a three-part series about blockchain and its implications on international trade. Read the first and second articles here. By Sammy Naji Of all the blockchain-based innovations, smart contracts running off blockchain may be the most transformative for international trade. Smart contracts will go beyond eliminating the […]